Something or someone that is extremely large, powerful, or important; used to describe things that seem giant or impossible to ignore.
From Latin 'colossus,' referring to the Colossus of Rhodes (a giant bronze statue of the Greek sun god), from Greek 'kolossos,' meaning huge statue.
The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and stood for only 56 years before an earthquake toppled it—yet it's still how we describe anything massive.
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